That's the whole point. Old, up to a point, looks authoritative on a man, but awful on a woman. This is the whole point of, as Glenn Reynolds calls it, the battlespace prep of "Ban Bossy" and "Ageism."

If I was the Republican nominee and HRC winds up being the Democrat nominee, I'd go there publicly and come right out and say this: "Do we really want to watch an old woman go through her 70s in daily public view doing a stressful job?" Women voters will abandon her in droves.

Age is its own handicap. A presidential run is a grueling task. It is probably not well suited for someone over 60, and this will show during the campaign. Making an issue out of it, however, is foolish, as it will backfire.

She has failed at everything that was not gifted to her. I think America's tolerance of incompetence has worn thin. Although she shares his lack of accomplishment, she is not the lovable, well-spoken candidate that Obama was in 2008.

That's the whole point. Old, up to a point, looks authoritative on a man, but awful on a woman. This is the whole point of, as Glenn Reynolds calls it, the battlespace prep of "Ban Bossy" and "Ageism."

If I was the Republican nominee and HRC winds up being the Democrat nominee, I'd go there publicly and come right out and say this: "Do we really want to watch an old woman go through her 70s in daily public view doing a stressful job?" Women voters will abandon her in droves.

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